No abstract theory. Convictions from the field (defence, aerospace, infrastructures) and methods a practitioner can apply tomorrow.
Ten knowledge areas, eleven domains, three competence areas, or none at all: no two standards divide project management the same way. What they do agree on, without ever writing it down, is the order in which the areas get established.
A foundation, then the domains of programme control, arranged in the order a project is built: from external framing all the way to control and risk.
Standalone, citable definitions, glossary, map of standard domains. The entry point for beginners and the reference foundation for generative engines.
Project stakeholder management: client, internal management, partners, critical suppliers. Each type calls for a distinct discipline.
Project scope definition, contractual WBS, requirements management. Without a mastered scope, neither schedule nor budget carries any value.
Project team hierarchical structure, OBS and span of control, thematic operating rhythm. Project chain distinct from the organizational chain.
Critical path, PERT networks, milestones, and schedule buffers.
Project budget, time-phased cost breakdown, contingency reserves and cost allocation. Steering a spending curve, not a fixed envelope.
Project steering, drift indicators, progress reviews. Making reporting a tool for decision-making rather than a record of what already happened.
Randomness, uncertainty, contingency reserves, mitigation plans. Treating risk and opportunity as a balanced portfolio.
Only one of four criteria appears in every definition, and it is not the one usually quoted. Six English-language references compared, the power/interest grid returned to its actual authors, and the 1963 report where the word first appears.
Five referentials define project, and they do not quite define the same object. What they agree on, what separates a project from an operation, and where a piece of work stops being one at all.
A schedule can show the same ten days of float on three different tasks. What that figure measures, how the two calculation passes produce it, and where the method came from.
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